1.06.2018

1.05.2018

Note: I'm happy to let my readers know I've written a chapbook of Hawaii themed poems, more on that later this year! In the meantime, here's a preview: an "organic" duet poem written with spoken word poet, performer Seth Speaks!Gaia: A Duet Poem 🌋 by James Schwartz & Alexander Chandrea (AKA Seth Speaks) 🎙

Sweet Puna & Pele here we are,
It took many years to travel so far,
On our own with nothing to lose,
Only battered memories of gay sex & booze,

James, my brotherTroubles roll by, soul is soothedWhen we stand before great mother now brotherWe’ve made it this farDon’t let past distract from her stars

Sweet Gaia in our sandals we trod thy lava,
On Rimbaud’s birthday raising shells of kava,
A toast to the rebels in sacred land,
I’ll take Hart Crane in heart & hand.

Fire, Fire on the landFire, Fire with one demand Raise vibration, love creationSpread appreciation,See Pele’s fiya Listen to the rhyme, malama to the aina.

We make our way through sugar cane,
& through the winter’s torrents of rain,
Down jungle paths of cinder & stone,
To the huts that we call our own.

12.22.2017

11.28.2017

Aloha on a rainy night in Kapoho, Hawaii! I'm happy to share with you that I have been busy writing poetry with my Punatic pal Alexander aka Seth Speaks, more to come on that later. I feel so honored to collaborate with him on writing - you can check out his spoken word poetry below & if you are in (Hilo) Hawaii at Kukuau Studio monthly poetry slams. I've had a lot of fun with our poetry nights in Alexander’s jungle hut - a duet poem will be forthcoming!

11.04.2017

Aloha from Kapoho, Hawaii! I've been living at a permaculture community since late April of this year so haven’t spent much time blogging! Mahalo to Kukuau Studio and GaiaYoga Gardens for allowing me to grace your stages- it was an honor to be able to share my poetry with you this year!

9.27.2017

9.26.2017

Mahalo East Hawaii Center for Spiritual Living for the warm welcome Sunday! I had fun delivering the Creative Thought "From Amish to Aloha" (available in the August 2017 issue of Science of Mind Magazine)!

8.15.2017

Over the weekend I was horrified and disgusted to learn of what transpired in Charlottesville. America is for everyone and KKK / White Supremacists / Neo Nazis have no place in decent society.

We are living in an increasingly unstable times but I would like to take a moment to remind my readers (and myself) that America is the land of the free and home of the brave and that Love Trumps Hate!